Anton Khadkevich is known to have worked as a power engineer for a Minsk company that at the time serviced the Mozyr Oil Refinery. He was detained in November 2022 by officers from the Gomel Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption and the Special Purpose Police (OMON) at his workplace. He was held in Pretrial Detention Center No. 3 pending trial.
He was scheduled to be released onNovember24,2025.
Trial outcome 08.08.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Daughter of journalist Dmitry Lupach. On May 3, she was sentenced to 24 hours for distributing so-called extremist materials on social networks and instant messengers. After that, she had another trial, during which the girl was also given a 25-basic fine for this. After which Svetlana was transferred to pre-trial detention center-2, she is charged with a criminal offense for participating in protests.
On January 05, 2024, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
Released in July 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
12.03.2024
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Trial outcome 16.10.2023:
1.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
Yuri Dobrokhotov was arrested on April 20, 2023, on suspicion of “petty hooliganism,” but was charged for participating in a protest in 2020. After a search of his residence, a jar containing a small amount of marijuana was allegedly found in the apartment.
During the trial, Dobrokhotov pleaded not guilty to two charges. He explained that in September 2020, after work, he saw a lot of people heading towards Pobediteley Avenue. He didn’t know any of them. People were walking along the sidewalks. He went with them, entered the crowd, because he was interested in what was going on there. He didn’t have any prohibited symbols with him. And regarding the circumstances of the charge of possession of narcotic substances, he reported that a certain A. had been staying in his apartment for 4 months. When he left, he temporarily left some things in his apartment, among which a jar of “weed” was later found.
During his arrest, Yuri was beaten by police officers.
For the totality of the crimes, the final sentence was imprisonment for a term of two years. On 20.10.2023, the appeal was considered.
Trial outcome 08.08.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Trial outcome 01.08.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Vice-rector for educational and scientific-methodological work of the State Institute of Culture and Culture "GAZ-INSTITUTE". Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Alexander was taken into custody on charges of donating to initiatives that are recognized as extremist.
On September 15, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force
Trial outcome 20.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Evgeniy’s “crime,” according to the prosecution, is that in April 2022, on the Odnoklassniki social network, a man gave a “class” reaction to the publication of the group “STOP LUKA.” After the “class” reaction, this post appeared on Bilobrovko’s page. With this, according to the prosecution, the man publicly insulted A. Lukashenko.
According to human rights activists, he will be released in the spring of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
He served his sentence in a correctional institution under Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, where his sentence was replaced with a restriction of liberty to imprisonment (10 months and 7 days). While in the correctional institution, he wrote "offensive" comments, for which he was sentenced to 1 year and 1 month of imprisonment.
On January 22, 2024, Vadim was tried again under Article 411, Part 1 of the Criminal Code, “Malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution executing a sentence of imprisonment.”
He was scheduledto be released onJuly 6, 2025.
Trial outcome 27.07.2023:
1 year and 3 months imprisonment under strict security conditions
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